Housecat that forced family to call 911out of shelter

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PORTLAND, Oregon (WTVR) – The 22-pound Himalayan housecat that forced a Portland, Oreg. family to call 911 earlier this month and was turned over to an animal shelter is now back at home with his family.

"Lux" after the rampage.

The Barker family turned Lux over to the county animal services on Monday because they said they were overwhelmed with his behavioral issues.

A shelter spokesperson, after observing Lux, said some cats can "only take so much."

“This is a very shy, somewhat high-strung cat. He's in a very high-stress situation,” Karen McGill, an animal care technician, explained. “Apparently they live near a train station so there's loud noisy trains going by. They have a small child who is learning to crawl, is very vocal.”

The family met with shelter officials and an animal behaviorist on Thursday to decide whether to take Lux home or give him up for adoption.

Mike Oswald with Multnomah County Animal Services told KATU that Lux was healthy and showed no evidence of abuse, so he went home with his family.

Additionally, OregonLive.com reported that Lux would be featured on the upcoming season of Animal Planet's "My Cat From Hell." In fact, cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy will visit Portland to work with the family. According to news release for the show, Lux will also be spending some time with cat guardians in Austin and San Diego.

The Barker family said called 911 after Lux scratched their seven-month-old baby and then went after the family dog. When the man of the house gave “Lux” a swift kick in the rear, things took a turn for the worse, the family barricaded themselves in a back bedroom and dialed 911.

“I have a particular emergency here,” he told a 911 operator. “My cat attacked our seven-month-old child and I kicked… the cat in the rear and it has went off over the edge and we aren’t safe around the cat."

Manalishi.

He didn’t just give him a swift kick in the behind, HE KICKED THE CAT WITH BOOTS ON ACROSS THE ROOM INTO A WALL. If those abusers don’t want Lux, I’ll take him. Please don’t return Lux to this “house of horrors”. They also have a dog. It’s just not right.

Magenta

My God, it’s sad some people care more about the cat than the actual fact that the cat attacked the BABY. So what, just leave the cat to scratch the kid’s eyes out? What would YOU do if you had to be put in a situation between protecting your offspring versus protecting your angry and out-of-control pet?

jenny

Big Bob

I am thinking these people are more about getting their 15 mins of fame and being on TV than anything else, and that is why they got their cat back out of the shelter. Well at least we’ll get to see what this panty waste of man looks like.